tiistai 3. maaliskuuta 2015

Belief in a bright future

The Crafty Individuals March challenge asks for the animal world, and I knew straight away, that I want to do the lovely sea turtle. The colours here coordinate with the Rubberdance March challenge and the (soft pastels, especially lime, orange and yellow). Since sea turtles and corals both need lots of luck in this world and I have some green here I'm also posting this for the SimonSaysStamp Monday challenge (just a hint of clover) and the Unrulypaperarts readers quest (I should be so lucky). I decided this would be my first March project, since CI offers a discount to everyone who posts for their challenges, and I need bunny stamps for another challenge... and I want some Alice Palace bunnies!

I don't have any sea world background stamps, but I decided to build corals using CI tree stamps and Distress inks in orange, yellow, pink and violet. I'm actually quite satisfied with the result. The background for this card was made with leftovers from cutting out unmounted stamps: I layed them on an acrylic block with Tack'n Peel (that I use for stamping with the actual stamps too) and to get a soft subtle print I added Distress Inks (first blue, then green) using an ink blending tool. Check here to see what a vibrant look these make with more ink and a spritz of water!

Actually I made a larger scene first, and it's fine enough, but a bit empty (like the life of a sea turtle, I guess...) In this one the bubbly background is a Chocolate Baroque background stamp. To keep it subtle, also here the blue and green inks have been spread with an ink blender. This way the image is light, yet has all the details of the stamp. I especially like the look of the reef on the left (except for that upright part that I covered with the sentiment :) When this was done, I realized the image would easily fit on a 6x6 card too.

Gorgeous work Kristiina, I love the way you have created your very beautiful corals and your subtle wavy background, perfect for the scene. Thanks for the idea, your technique is great!! I love seeing your works using the Crafty Individuals stamps, thanks so much for this new entry to our bi-monthly challenge. (by the way, did you see that you won the previous challenge hosted by me?..). Good luck again! Coco x

Beautiful, Kristiina! What a great idea to use the leftover rubber from unmounted stamps - that background is awesome! The corals turned out really pretty. Thank you for entering both the challenge on my blog as well as the Unruly PaperArts one where my company is the sponsor this month, so now you have TWO chances to win stamps from me! ;-) xox

Wow, your card and pages are delightful. Love fun tortoise flying on your pages :) it make me smile. And you have created beautiful looking Reef.Thanks so much for joining us at Unruly PaperArts this month.

Gorgeous work Kristina. I love that coral - You have really achieved a colourful array of coral and still maintained a really delicate feel. Thank you for joining in with the Rubber Dance Colour Challenge x